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Verse Isaiah 57:13. _LET THY COMPANIES DELIVER THEE _- "Let thine
associates deliver thee"] _Thirty-nine_ MSS. (_ten_ ancient) of Dr.
_Kennicott's_, and _two_ of my own, and the two oldest editions ha...
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WHEN THOU CRIEST - That is, when you are in trouble, and feel your
need of help.
LET THY COMPANIES DELIVER THEE - The word used here (קבוּץ
_qibûts_) means, properly, “a gathering; a throng; a
collec...
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Chapter s 56:9-57:14 must be read continuously.
CHAPTER S 56:9-57:21
The Condition of the Apostate Nation and the two Classes
1. _The condition of the shepherds of Israel (Isaiah 56:9) _ 2.
_Apostat...
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AN INVECTIVE AGAINST THE PRO-SAMARITANS. Yahweh turns now bitterly to
upbraid the pro-Samaritan party in the community, among whom
flourished many of the primitive Palestinian religious practices. To...
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CRIEST. In distress.
THY COMPANIES. The paramours of Isaiah 57:8.
WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.
VANITY. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for vain men.
Compare Psalms 144:4.James 4
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Isaiah 56:9 to Isaiah 57:21. A Protest against the Unworthy Shepherds
of God's Flock, and the arrogant Heathenism by which it is threatened;
followed by a Message of Consolation to True Israelites
Th...
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Invective against an idolatrous party. With regard to the reference of
this obscure and difficult passage the following points have to be
noticed: (1) The scenery of Isaiah 57:5 is unmistakeably Pales...
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But Jehovah will no longer be silent; He will proceed to judgement
(cf. again Psalms 50:21).
_I will declare thy righteousness_ must be spoken ironically: "I will
expose thy (pretended) righteousness....
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_When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee_ Cf. Jeremiah 2:28.
The word for "companies" does not occur elsewhere; it means THEM WHICH
THOU HAST GATHERED (R.V.): THY RABBLE of idols (R.V. marg.)...
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3. STUPIDITY
TEXT: Isaiah 57:11-13
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And of whom hast thou been afraid and in fear, that thou liest, and
hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my
peace even of long tim...
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When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall
carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his
trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy...
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57:13 thee (a-10) Or 'the multitude of thine [idols].'...
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2. The peace of the grave is better than the condition of unrest under
their rulers (Isaiah 57:1).
SHALL ENTER.. SHALL REST] RV 'entereth.. rest.'
3, 5. SONS, etc.] i.e. descendants, perpetuating the...
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COMPANIES] RM 'rabble,' alluding to the numerous gods introduced.
VANITY, etc.] RV 'a breath shall carry them away.'...
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For Isaiah’s opinion about people who are foolish enough to love
*idols, see Isaiah 44:9-20.
GOD HELPS THOSE WHO TRUST HIM
V14 The *Lord gives the command: ‘Repair the road! Remove the rocks
and st...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 57
GOD’S LOYAL PEOPLE MAY SUFFER
V1 Sometimes good people die young. So do some holy p...
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LET THY COMPANIES... — The word is used contemptuously of the crowd
of gods introduced by the confluent idolatry of Manasseh. (Comp. 2
Chronicles 33:3.) The prophet taunts the worshipper with their
im...
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בְּ זַֽעֲקֵךְ֙ יַצִּילֻ֣ךְ
קִבּוּצַ֔יִךְ וְ אֶת...
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CHAPTER XXIII
THE REKINDLING OF THE CIVIC CONSCIENCE
Isaiah 56:9; Isaiah 57:1; Isaiah 58:1; Isaiah 59:1
IT was inevitable, as so
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NO PEACE TO THE WICKED
Isaiah 57:1-21
A terrible portrayal is given here of the idolatries and impurities
into which the Chosen People had fallen. These scenes under “the
oaks” (r.v.) and in the vall...
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Because of the failure of these blind watchmen and drunken leaders,
righteous men perish, while none lay it to heart. Moreover, the people
have yielded to the evil influences of such leaders; "sons of...
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When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind (q)
shall carry them all away; vanity shall take [them]: but he that
putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my...
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_Companies, or princes, in whom thou hast confided. Assyria and Egypt
cannot save themselves. (Calmet)_...
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This, it should seem, is a representation of such awful characters as
were before described, disappointed in the pursuit of their pleasures,
pausing over their dreadful state, and yet, though confessi...
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13._When thou shalt cry, let thy troops deliver thee. _He states more
fully what he had slightly touched in the former verse, that, when
they shall come to close quarters, they shall be ashamed; for t...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 55, 56, AND 57.
Chapter s 55, 56, 57 are exhortations given in view of these things.
Chapter 55 is full free grace, which consequently embraces the
Gentiles....
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WHEN THOU CRIEST, LET THY COMPANIES DELIVER THEE,.... From distress
and impending ruin, if they can; meaning not the allies and
auxiliaries of the Jews, the Egyptians and Assyrians, they sent to for
h...
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_Of whom hast thou been afraid_, &c. And what, or who are they, the
fear of whom drives thee to these wicked and desperate practices? Are
they not weak and mortal creatures, such as wholly depend upon...
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When thou criest, in vexation over disappointed hopes, LET THY
COMPANIES, all the agencies upon which she had relied, DELIVER THEE;
BUT THE WIND SHALL CARRY THEM ALL AWAY, a single breath of the Lord...
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JEHOVAH REJECTS ALL IDOLATERS...
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13-21 The idols and their worshippers shall come to nothing; but
those who trust in God's grace, shall be brought to the joys of
heaven. With the Lord there is neither beginning of days, nor end of
l...
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WHEN THOU CRIEST, to wit, unto me for deliverance, LET THY COMPANIES
DELIVER THEE; expect it not from me, whom thou hast forsaken and
despised, but from those foreign troops to whom thou hast sought a...
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Isaiah 57:13 out H2199 (H8800) collection H6899 deliver H5337 (H8686)
wind H7307 away H5375 (H8799) breath...
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THE PRESENT BEHAVIOUR OF THE GODLESS; THE PEOPLE BECOME LIKE THE
LEADERS THAT THEY SUPPORT (ISAIAH 57:3).
There now follows a description of the backsliding of the people into
idolatry and the occult....
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TRUST
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...
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The prophet has been giving a very terrible description of the sin of
the nation. We need not read it all, but at last he says this:
Isaiah 57:10. _Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way;_
«Th...
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A lament for the death of the righteous many of them put to death by
persecution.
Isaiah 57:1. _The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart:
and merciful men are taken away, none consideri...
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CONTENTS: Further ethical instructions. Sins of the people denounced.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: God is justly displeased when the voice of His rod is not
heard, much more, when sin and idolatry a...
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Isaiah 57:1. _The righteous perisheth._ This was written as a tribute,
it would seem, to the memory of king Hezekiah, who was recently called
from an earthly to a heavenly crown. He entered into peace...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 57:1, ISAIAH 57:2
THE EARLY DEATH OF RIGHTEOUS MEN ACCOUNTED FOR. The Hebrews were given
to expec
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The righteous man perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful
men are taken away, and none is considering that the righteous is
taken away from the evil to come (Isaiah 57:1).
There are many w...
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2 Kings 3:13; Ezekiel 20:40; Hosea 13:3; Isaiah 11:9; Isaiah 26:3;...
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But — But they shall be carried away suddenly and violently by the
blast of mine anger. Vanity — A vapour which quickly vanishes away.
Inherit — Shall enjoy my favour and presence in my temple....